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Great resources for Product Managers

As Product Managers we're always learning. There's so much great (and free!) resources available out there we wanted to pay-it-forward and share what we've found.

As Product Managers, Product Marketers, Designers and Developers here at ReleaseNotes.io, we're always learning. There's so much great (and free!) resources available out there we wanted to pay-it-forward and share what we've found. So enjoy, and if you have any suggestions for us to add to this library get in-touch.

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Newsletters

Bring the Donuts
Ken Norton’s occasional digest on product management, product leadership, the future of work, and finding career fulfillment. Click to read Bring the Donuts, by Ken Norton, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of readers.
Learn faster, Think better, and make Smart Decisions
Timeless lessons and insights that help you think better, learn faster, and make smart decisions.
Napkin Math - Every
Superorganizers - Every
Divinations - Every

Communities

Mind the Product
Conferences, training, and content for the world’s largest community of product managers, designers, and developers.
Jobs to be Done
Managed by Alan Klement, JTBD.info is where JTBD practitioners share their experience, tools, and stories of using the theory of Jobs to be Done to become great at creating and selling products that people will buy. Everyone is welcome to submit a contribution.

Articles

The Definitive Everything Guide on How to Write Release Notes for Your Product
The Definitive Everything Guide on How to Write Release Notes for Your Product Welcome to “The Ultimate, Unofficial, and Somewhat Witty Guide to Crafting Release Notes That Don’t Make Eyes Glaze Over”! This is your one-stop shop for learning how to write release notes that are more engaging than yo…
Rahul Vohra Shares Superhuman’s Product Market Fit Framework
Superhuman founder and CEO Rahul Vohra walks us through the framework his startup used to make product/market fit more actionable, detailing the survey and four-step process that were key to measuring and optimizing it.
Ship outcomes, not just features, with the Product Impact Framework
How do you know if the features you release are leading to positive business outcomes? We use the Product Impact Framework to see how one leads to the other
Why Products Fail - Department of Product
Agile and the fail fast culture prioritise failing as a means of learning as quickly as possible and moving onto the next experiment. It rewards failure - and actively encourages it as a mechanism to learn what works and what doesn’t. Not everyone is a fan.
Complexity Convection
The lifecycle of a business is to be born simple, grow complex, and then die.

Books

Alan Klement
When coffee & Kale compete
Home - Gamestorming
Gamestorming is a set of co-creation tools used by innovators around the world. Get the playbook. Subscribe for news, tips and tools. Contact us.
The Lean Startup | The Movement That Is Transforming How New Products Are Built And Launched
The official website of all things Lean Startup presented by Eric Ries.

Podcasts

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
The Knowledge Project Podcast unlocks your potential. We interview world-class doers and thinkers so you can better analyze problems, seize opportunities, and master decision-making. Every episode is packed with wisdom you can use at work and home. Learn more at https://fs.blog/podcast
Product Hunt Radio
Listen to Product Hunt Radio on Spotify.
This Week in Startups
Every day, Jason Calacanis and Molly Wood cover startups, technology, markets, media, crypto, and the all the hottest topics in business and tech. They also interview the world’s greatest founders, operators, investors and innovators. Join in the discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/communi…
Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.
How I Built This with Guy Raz
New episodes on Mondays and Thursdays for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world’s best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built. O…

Videos

What Is Design Thinking? An Overview
What is Design Thinking? Why is it still so important? In this video AJ&Smart CEO Jonathan Courtney shares the definition of Design Thinking, an overview of ...
How to build a product roadmap (w/ Google PM)
🎥 Bill Ferrell, a former Google PM, talks about building product roadmaps and product plans. It’s all about listening to your “customers.” 📖 In this vide...


Courses

Product School
Global leader in Product Management certification. 1 million+ product community. Our instructors are top PMs working at Google, Facebook, Netflix, Uber & Airbnb.

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